Gamlkan Has 24VII
Katrina Attwood (ed.) 2007, ‘Gamli kanóki, Harmsól 24’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 93-4.
text and translation
Hlaut af yðr sem aðrir
auðbrjótr meginskjóta,
láðs, þeirs lǫstum eyða,
líkn, skepjandi ríkis.
Sókndeili* hézt sælu,
sannvíss, paradísar,
— gæf reyndusk þau þjófi
þín heit — friðar veitir.
{Auðbrjótr} hlaut meginskjóta líkn af yðr, {skepjandi {ríkis láðs}}, sem aðrir, þeirs eyða lǫstum. {Sannvíss veitir friðar} hézt {sókndeili*} sælu paradísar; þau heit þín reyndusk þjófi gæf.
‘The destroyer of riches [GENEROUS MAN] received very swift mercy from you, creator of the kingdom of the land [EARTH > = God (= Christ)], like those others who leave off sins. Truly certain giver of peace [= God (= Christ)] you promised the battle-dealer [WARRIOR] the bliss of Paradise; those promises of yours proved beneficial to the thief.’
notes and context
readings
- [1] aðrir: so 399a‑bˣ, ‘adr[...]’ B
- [3] láðs: ‘ladr’ B
- [4] ríkis: ríki B
- [5] ‑deili*: ‘‑deilerr’ B
- [5] hézt: ‘he[...]’ B, ‘het’ 399a‑bˣ, BFJ, ‘h(æt)’(?) BRydberg
sources
Text is based on reconstruction from the base text and variant apparatus and may contain alternative spellings and other normalisations not visible in the manuscript text. Transcriptions may not have been checked and should not be cited.
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AM 757 a 4° (B) — 12v/38 - 12v/40
imagesHlaut af yðr sem †adr[...]†
auðbrjótr meginskjóta,
†ladr†, þeirs lǫstum eyða,
líkn, skepjandi ríki.
Sókn†-deilerr he[...]† sælu,
sannvíss, paradísar,
— gæf reyndusk þau þjófi
þín heit — friðar veitir.Hlaut af ýdr sem adr… | audbriotr megin skíota ladr þeir er lo᷎stum eýda likn skepiande ʀiki. sókndeilerr he… sęlu sann | viss paradísar gęf…eýnduz þau þíofe þín heít f…dar veiter.
(EB)
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Lbs 444 4°x (444x)
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JS 399 a-b 4°x (399a-bx)
Hlaut af yðr sem aðrir
auðbrjótr meginskjóta,
láðs, þeirs lǫstum eyða,
líkn, skepjandi ríkis.
Sókndeili* †het† sælu,
sannvíss, paradísar,
— gæf reyndusk þau þjófi
þín heit — friðar veitir.
editions and texts
Skj: Gamli kanóki, 2. Harmsól 24: AI, 565, BI, 555, Skald I, 269; Sveinbjörn Egilsson 1844, 20-1, Kempff 1867, 7, Rydberg 1907, 24, Jón Helgason 1935-6, 257, Black 1971, 200, Attwood 1996a, 90-1, 227.
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